Surname Medvid in modern Croatia

Medvid families are Croats and they are mostly from Sinj. In the past century, relatively most of Croatian residents bearing this family name were born in Sinj and Split.

Prevalence

About 120 people with faimily name Medvid live in Croatia today, in 60 households. There were 70 of them in the middle of the past century, and their number increased by 80 percent.
They are located in 6 Croatian counties, in 9 cities and 7 other places, mostly in Radosic (45), Split (30), Sinj (20), Suhac (10), and in Zapresic (10).

Outside Croatia

At least three families with this surname emigrated from Croatia to the United States.
Family name Medvid (including: Medwid , Medwied ) is present in 25 countries worldwide. "Medwid " is used by some 400 people in the United States , about 300 in Canada , and some 300 people in Poland. "Medwied " is used by small number of people in the United States.

Characteristic first names

Damir Medvid, Iva Medvid, Zdenko Medvid, Krešimir Medvid, Tajana Medvid, Boris Medvid, Maja Medvid, Tonka Medvid, Nevenka Medvid, Marija Medvid, Zrinko Medvid, Darija Medvid, Mate Medvid, Željko Medvid, Stipe Medvid, Marijana Medvid, Vinko Medvid, Ivica Medvid, Danica Medvid

Mentions in sources

In the sources analysed in the project Acta Croatica so far, the name is mentioned few times, the first time 1906 in source Yearbook and Directory of Literary Society of St. Jerome 1906.

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